Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
bean counters
Arabic translation:
محاسبي البنك
Added to glossary by
Ehab Tantawy
Feb 9, 2007 20:25
17 yrs ago
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English term
bean counters
English to Arabic
Other
Economics
A person, such as an accountant or financial officer, who is concerned with quantification, especially to the exclusion of other matters: "Companies tended to recognize two culturesthat of the technologist and that of the bean counter" Financial Times.
Proposed translations
(Arabic)
| 3 +1 | محاسبي البنك |
Ehab Tantawy
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| 5 +1 | محاسبين دقيقين |
zax
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| 3 +2 | المُحاسب الحريص |
Waleed Mohamed
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| 4 | المحاسبون |
Alexander Yeltsov
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Proposed translations
+1
10 mins
Ehab Tantawy
Native in Arabic
Works in field
23 Yrs. Medical Patent Tech Translation
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
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20
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محاسبي البنك
محاسبي البنك أو موظفي البنك
موجودة كما هي في قاموس إلياس هاراب التجاري تحت التعبرات التجارية الأمريكية النموذجية
مجرد اقترح نقلاً من مرجع تجاري
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Note added at 12 mins (2007-02-09 20:37:32 GMT)
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counter
■ noun informal an accountant or bureaucrat who places excessive emphasis on controlling expenditure and budgets.
© Oxford University Press, 2004
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bean counter
Function: noun
Date: 1975
: a person involved in corporate or government financial decisions and especially one reluctant to spend money
© 2005 Merriam-Webster, Incorporated
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bean counter
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Noun
1. an accountant or bureaucrat who who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures
(hypernym) accountant, comptroller, controller
WordNet 2.0
موجودة كما هي في قاموس إلياس هاراب التجاري تحت التعبرات التجارية الأمريكية النموذجية
مجرد اقترح نقلاً من مرجع تجاري
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Note added at 12 mins (2007-02-09 20:37:32 GMT)
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counter
■ noun informal an accountant or bureaucrat who places excessive emphasis on controlling expenditure and budgets.
© Oxford University Press, 2004
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bean counter
Function: noun
Date: 1975
: a person involved in corporate or government financial decisions and especially one reluctant to spend money
© 2005 Merriam-Webster, Incorporated
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bean counter
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Noun
1. an accountant or bureaucrat who who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures
(hypernym) accountant, comptroller, controller
WordNet 2.0
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+2
6 mins
Waleed Mohamed
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
United Arab Emirates
Translation services company in Dubai
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic
Related KudoZ points
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16
المُحاسب الحريص
المُحاسب الحريص
ثقافة المحاسب الحريص
بمعنى المحاسب الذي يفرض قيودا مشددة من أجل التحكم في النفقات
an accountant who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures
ثقافة المحاسب الحريص
بمعنى المحاسب الذي يفرض قيودا مشددة من أجل التحكم في النفقات
an accountant who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Randa Farhat
: المحاسب مفرط الحرص ? :-)
27 mins
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| agree |
Alexander Yeltsov
: Simply المُحاسب
1 day 12 hrs
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+1
11 hrs
محاسبين دقيقين
لا تمر عليهم الفوله دون حساب
محاسب دقيق
محاسب دقيق
1 day 13 hrs
Alexander Yeltsov
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic to Russian, and 1 more.
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4
المحاسبون
It is colloquial for accountant
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